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IXION
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“This is a difficult negative review for me. Because I like the "Frostpunk in space" gameplay, the music, the writing. But the game just takes too much of my time. And in a bad way. I do not know if this was an…”
“I actually wanted to recommend IXION, because the core building gameplay really does make a strong first impression. The build loop is satisfying, the presentation is great, and the game looks and sounds excellent. The…”
“This is a city builder where you can move a city around. The game is split in chapters where you visit a solar system and basically strip mine it before moving to the next one. The city-building aspect is well done.…”
17 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“It's a good game but I ended up using a guide on placement of buildings in sectors because the game is too punishing if you go in blind. The game feels like it's not intending you to fail and replay the game but it…”
“This review is not easy to write. Why? Because I really liked the concept to this game, and the story beats and they felt different. I would recommend it for this reason, and also the fact that you can change the…”
“I'm on the fence. (tldr: 6/10) Good polish, good concept, good drama even, beautiful, I love space games like this. My only gripe so far is this: the game seems designed to force you to make choices on your first…”
16 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Cool game with a nice take on management games. Gave me some Anno Vibes, but much more contrained and challenging in some aspects. Would recommend.”
“Great game, very well thought out. Hard, but not excessively so. Music is surprisingly beautiful.”
“its hard”
12 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Okay OSTs are in almost every game now, great soundtracks are few and far between, and the truly amazing ones you can count on the fingers of both hands. I think the OST for Ixion is one of the latter. It's mesmerizing,…”
“Great game, very well thought out. Hard, but not excessively so. Music is surprisingly beautiful.”
“I will recommend this game with some caveats: Pros: *Sick, catchy soundtrack *Excellent artwork and style *Interesting not-too-ridiculous plausible sci-fi plot *Decent amount of replayability because different build…”
12 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“I actually wanted to recommend IXION, because the core building gameplay really does make a strong first impression. The build loop is satisfying, the presentation is great, and the game looks and sounds excellent. The…”
“The systems in this city builder/factory management game overlap and interact nicely, the atmosphere and presentation is on point. The first time the ships jumps - goosebumps! The difficulty at the beginning is very…”
“Good game of resource management that is challenging. Atmosphere is strong if you like space games, and the story isn't bad. BUT, it is punishingly hard. I really like difficult games, but this isn't difficult, it's…”
22 of the 101 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a difficult negative review for me. Because I like the "Frostpunk in space" gameplay, the music, the writing. But the game just takes too much of my time. And in a bad way. I do not know if this was an…”
“This isn't fun. Every system fights against you, making the game worse and worse as you progress. Give you an example: Built a refinery, which overloaded the power. it exploded just as it was built, preventing me from…”
“I'd put a "mixed" recommendation if I could. The game is like frospunk in space, but while the start is pretty cool, the more you unlock the more tedious it becomes to manage, some thing are not very well explained, and…”
16 of the 101 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a good game but I ended up using a guide on placement of buildings in sectors because the game is too punishing if you go in blind. The game feels like it's not intending you to fail and replay the game but it…”
“This review is not easy to write. Why? Because I really liked the concept to this game, and the story beats and they felt different. I would recommend it for this reason, and also the fact that you can change the…”
“Fun for the first few hours but starts to punish you really heavily for staying too long in one spot. Type of game where even with a lot of city builder experience, unless you know the events you will likely fail the…”
8 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“At first, it's a really nice game, only it gets quite repetitive in the 3rd chapter. I guess there's no new game mechanic to be expected in the last two chapters. But what really destroyed it for me is some fundamental…”
“Was cool until the game bugged out right at the end making it impossible to finish. Blue balls of death. Cannot recommend as it hurts to not be able to finish. Loaded previous saves and just ended up being a waste of…”
“Its alright. I think the story is unique and worth exploring but many aspects of the game become repetitive very quick into gameplay and a lot of the mechanics are unfair and buggy. The story had a lot of potential but…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I actually wanted to recommend IXION, because the core building gameplay really does make a strong first impression. The build loop is satisfying, the presentation is great, and the game looks and sounds excellent. The…”
“I'd put a "mixed" recommendation if I could. The game is like frospunk in space, but while the start is pretty cool, the more you unlock the more tedious it becomes to manage, some thing are not very well explained, and…”
“Its alright. I think the story is unique and worth exploring but many aspects of the game become repetitive very quick into gameplay and a lot of the mechanics are unfair and buggy. The story had a lot of potential but…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a difficult negative review for me. Because I like the "Frostpunk in space" gameplay, the music, the writing. But the game just takes too much of my time. And in a bad way. I do not know if this was an…”
“I'd put a "mixed" recommendation if I could. The game is like frospunk in space, but while the start is pretty cool, the more you unlock the more tedious it becomes to manage, some thing are not very well explained, and…”
“Ixion in many ways is a flawed game, It doesn't give you info quite as easily as you'd like, you don't get quite as much control over resources as you'd like ,the difficulty curve is almost vertical when starting out…”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 78.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Frostpunk in space, but more focused on the interior building, hull repairs, resources, exploration and teching up rather than the moral choices. The best I've played in this genre, cause I also get to be the bosmang of a beltalowda station.”
— a player, Steam review · 81 hrs played“I am giving this game a positive review - although I will not play it anymore. Here is why: The game is well made and I did not encounter any bugs. It would be unfair to rate it negatively, it does well what it is supposed to do. For me, however, it is not a game I enjoy…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Well, what can I say… I have mixed feelings about this game. I love city-builders like Frostpunk, especially in a space setting, but this game really frustrated me. The atmosphere is great, the concept is awesome, and the gameplay is engaging and addictive, but… How is it…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:53 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Nominate IXION in the Steam Awards!
Administrators, DOLOS AEC needs your help! 👨🚀 We need you to cast your vote for IXION in the 2023 Steam Awards for Best Soundtrack. Let's turn up the volume and make sure IXION takes home the crown!
Italian Translation Coming To IXION
Administrators, We are pleased to announce that we will be implementing an Italian translation into IXION very soon. Furthermore, we’re on the lookout for native or fluent Italian speakers for localis
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Space · City Builder · Strategy · Survival · Resource Management · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Building · Simulation · Exploration · Choices Matter · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian * |
| Achievements | 57 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://dolos.org |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 4GB or Radeon RX 590 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 20 GB available space